Go Green Energy?
I am a Student, who finds beauty in simple things. I like to teach sometimes.
50% of the nitrogen in your body is from the Haber-Bosch process, which converts natural gas into food.
No country has reached high wealth without massive energy consumption.
Every country over $10,000 per capita GDP is also burning oil like there's no tomorrow.
China’s GDP and its electricity consumption are through the roof—both fueled by coal, oil, and gas.
Wealthy countries like Norway and the US are high on the graph for a reason—they burn fossil fuels for energy to sustain their way of life.
India is still building wealth and burning through natural gas and coal to do it.
The line between poverty and prosperity is fueled by fossil energy.
"Low carbon" dreams don't build industries, cities, or modern economies.
Green countries on the graph? Not exactly oil-free, just less dependent.
Renewable energy is a luxury for nations that have already powered up their economies with fossil fuels. No oil, no wealth.
The ecological and climate crises are undeniable. Things will get worse incrementally, but is the world seriously expecting third-world countries—those who have witnessed the consumption levels enjoyed by the First World—to accept a lower quality of life per capita?
Nuclear reactors (which should unquestionably be more widespread) and renewables are not solutions that manifest out of thin air. They require materials that need to be mined—mining that, in turn, demands more oil. The batteries that fuel the so-called "green transition" require metals extracted from the seabed, which again relies on fossil fuels.
Everything we do, every job in a modern economy, is tethered to one immutable fact: the magic force turning the wheels of industry is energy. To date, oil has been the most reliable source to do that.
When did everyone become so energy blind?